By TARO KOTEGAWA/ Staff Writer
March 8, 2021 at 00:00 JST
Yoshinobu Ishii displays the memorial photo of his mother, Ei, who perished while being evacuated from Futaba Hospital. The "chanchanko" jacket he wears was made from a kimono she left. Photo taken in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture. (Taro Kotegawa)
OKUMA, Fukushima Prefecture--Despite an unfolding nuclear disaster, nurses at nearby Futaba Hospital continued to work diligently, even when it meant changing patients' diapers and plastic bags for intravenous drips by flashlight and candle light, after the power supply was cut. [Read More]
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